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Parliamentary Report

October 2010–January 2011

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2011

Frank Cranmer
Affiliation:
Fellow, St Chad's College, Durham Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University

Extract

How liberal democracies can accommodate tenaciously-held religious views within the wider framework of human rights legislation and balance the resulting conflicts is a conundrum that confronts governments throughout Europe and was the theme of three major speeches delivered at the end of the period under review.

Type
Parliamentary Report
Copyright
Copyright © Ecclesiastical Law Society 2011

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References

1 European Commission Press Release SPEECH/11/32 19 January 2011 available at <;http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/32>, accessed 29 January 2011.

2 Extract available at <http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1821854>, accessed 29 January 2011.

4 Melanie Phillips: ‘Just whose side is Baroness Warsi on?’ The Spectator, 20 January 2011.

5 James Chapman: ‘Baroness Warsi triggers backlash over “Islamophobia”’ Daily Mail, 20 January 2011.

7 SSI/2011/44 available at <http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/44/made> accessed 31 January 2011.

8 (2011) Ecc LJ 79–80.

9 See Northern Ireland Assembly Official Report 9 December 2010: Charities (Amendment) Bill: Accelerated Passage: Ministerial Briefing.

10 SR/2011/11 available at <http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11/made>, accessed 31 January 2011.

11 SR/2011/12 available at <http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/12/made>, accessed 31 January 2011.

12 (2011) Ecc LJ 81.

13 HC Deb 14 Dec 2010 c 710W.

14 HC Deb 18 Jan 2011 c 679.

15 HC Deb 27 Mar 2009 c 629.

16 HL Deb 10 Jan 2011 cc 1169 ff.

17 HL Deb 10 January 2011 c 1170.

18 (2011) Ecc LJ 81–82.

19 See <http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3203>, accessed 31 January 2011.

22 That is, funds which have been given by the donor for a particular specified purpose – as opposed to general funds that may be applied to any purpose within the charity's objectives.

23 See Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) v Charity Commission for England and Wales & Anor [2010] EWHC 520 (Ch) (17 March 2010) and Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) [2010] Ch Comm E & W (21 July 2010, published 19 August 2010).

24 Government Equalities Office News, 17 November 2010.